Mystery Target: The Wreck of the USS Peterson (1975-2004) | Nautilus Live

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E/V Nautilus dove on an sonar unknown target, thought to be a 500 foot-long shipwreck. After a survey of the vessel the Corps of Exploration successfully identified the wreck as USS Peterson (DD-969).

[@Box--sy4wm]

That was very rough watching that video. To see the decks that I once walked on, and the spaces I went through everyday brought back so many memories. Proud Pete 1997-2000. N-G-H-Y : Not Going Home Yet.

[@frankmcgee3213]

Box 55-8087 I hear ya. I saw pictures of my submarine being cut up and it was not easy.

[@stevetallman975]

My second command. Served on her from 89 to 93. Kinda heartbreaking! Great times and awesome guys.

[@troyroebuck36]

+steve tallman That's honestly really interesting. Someone else had commented how they installed a satellite dish on it. I'd imagine it's surreal seeing it there..

[@Evapors]

92-95 deck division, then post office, then personnel.

[@Aerospaceman]

I worked with the guys from the Pete from time to time. I served on the U.S.S. Comte De Grasse, and the U.S.S. Oldendorf, both Spruance Class Destroyers. What a waste is right! We Sailors knew these ships inside out, we had worked so hard in their upkeep and lived a part of our lives aboard growing up, learning, living together. We are brothers of the sea, we are the ships sons who have taken care of her daily needs. When you see her towed out to sea for the last time and fired upon then sink beneath the waters ... its like a terrible gut wrenching feeling. Can you find "The Count"? You do an excellent service.

[@railenthusiast4830]

What time period did you serve? I was on the USS Hayler out of Norfolk.

[@jim28fl]

Peterson decommissioned on 4 October 2002, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 November 2002. On 16 February 2004 she was sunk in support of weapons effect tests for the new DD-21 program, later renamed DD(X), followed by a renaming to the DDG 1000 which is the current program of record.[2] The ship's bell was transferred to Baldwin County, Alabama for display at the war memorial at the Foley satellite courthouse and was unveiled on 5 January 2012.[3][4] The site of the wreck was confirmed in approximately 2,400 m (7,874 ft) of water on 7 July 2014 by the EV Nautilus.[5]

[@markploegstra1179]

I was a GSM on "Proud Pete" No.2 engine room from November 1980 to September 1985

[@charleskoonce5543]

Hi Ploe how you doing

[@charleskoonce5543]

Served aboard The Pete 1980-1984 ,Snipe

[@jennifermarquez3825]

I was lucky to install the satellite dish on it in Salerno, Italy in June of 1999 for the Kosovo War while serving with the US Army in a NATO position. Meet up with it again in Turkey a month later. First vessel I was ever been on and I puked everywhere.

[@troyroebuck36]

+JENNIFER POSPISIL That's so wild! It must be surreal seeing it at the bottom of the ocean. Completely alone and untouched

[@Shellback96]

GSM onboard The Pete from 92-97.

[@BlackAnvil47]

It's hard to look at these ships, a ship mate of mine use to serve on the USS Leftwhich remembering his ship ran over a George Washington class submarine during war games at night in 1983 in the Philippines sea

[@Evapors]

93-95 served! sad to see this

[@shkwave99]

You served on the Peterson? This must be so eerie for you!!!

[@Evapors]

+DEEP WINTER really hard to watch.

[@williampaz2092]

How I LOVED the Spruance Class Destroyers! This is so sad to see 😢

[@prdneri]

And WHAT is that one on the bottom right in 2:47 O_O

[@wojciechsak8819]

She gave me a lifetime of hunger for gas turbines and sailing.

[@grantburgess7403]

This is the most intak ww2 warship I've ever seen and in building a model of the warship actually XD

[@mikedo6]

Not a ww-2 ship. Commissioned in 1977.

[@corkcamden9878]

Not a WW2 era boat. Not even close.

[@robertyoung3992]

if you want an intact WWII era ship try Buffalo,NY and DD-537 the USS The Sullivans a Fletcher Class Destroyer

[@marionbrown1350]

yall are laughing that is not right

[@paulgrimm7842]

Waste of good scrap

[@robertyoung3992]

shut up cost more to scrap her than sink her

[@mrouncervideos2905]

The lack of professionalism of these people talking through the video sucks!

[@scopo2516]

It seems that the entire crew is in the comments

[@NoobsDudes]

Ya

[@thememers_dude]

True

[@FrustratedNameSearch]

My first ship. 1980-1982. Shout out to Rich,Mark, Griff, Re-run and all the other crazy people I swerved with :)

[@javamann1000]

An unknown wreck? The two letters on the side of the ship, the H and E? The green H means the ship received a "Health and Wellness (Medical) Excellence Award" while the red E indicates an "Engineering/Survivability Excellence Award." Near the end of her career she returned home, operating off the coast of Haiti and running counter-drug operations near Central and South America. After one final stint in the Middle East during the early 2000s, she was decommissioned in 2002 and sunk in 2004 by the U.S. Navy during weapons testing operations. Her bell was moved to Baldwin County, Alabama, but the rest of the ship sits in 2,400 meters of water, unseen for ten years until earlier today.

[@johnpitts3423]

I served on the Peterson ("Proud Pete") from it's commissioning, for over two years. It's painful to see this video.

[@Evapors]

very painful to see this. 92-95 crew

[@mattmopar440]

well better than going to the torch

[@RailPreserver2K]

This a battle wagon

[@merlemorrison482]

no, it was a destroyer...... much smaller

[@sid2112]

She served her time and is now at rest. Her eternal patrol puts her among our best and honored lost. There she will serve as a sentinel and a proud testament to the sailors who served on her.

[@pattynelson631]

My husband served on this ship as well. This is sad to see. He has the most fascinating stories of his naval days.

[@anthonyralph8989]

I can't even imagine the pain that the people that served aboard her feel, and I'm a civilian. no jokes here, only a salute to a fine vessel.

[@edmondmcdowell9690]

People that never served in the Navy can never understand the feelings that you have for your ship no matter how many years have passed. Its wrapped up in the life, the experiences, your shipmates, the watches you stood, the responsibilities you had and the sounds coming over he 1mc. Both my shps were scrapped n the early seventies. The first one I served n was launched the year I was born.

[@lpws10]

I served above this mighty warship from July 2001 until September 2002 (when she Decommissioned) This included the "9/11 Cruise". Greatest ship I ever served on!

[@frankstanisz2353]

I remember that cruise very well, I agree it was a great ship, but we had the worst CO EVER! Still blame that fool for Parker & Johnson's deaths.

[@pmartinez2408]

We guarded the Peterson at operation bright star in Egypt in 2001 I have a picture of me and some other MPs standing in front of it while it was docked

[@paulgore7929]

Hard too see her at the bottom love the bridge spent many years up there, QM2 80-84

[@omarshabazz9753]

Paul Gore how you doing yea that was many years ago.

[@justinfrehs3053]

Sounds like Dr Robert Ballard talking. He found the Yorktown, Titanic and Bismarck. He was also an admiral in the Navy so knows his ships(for those questioning his comments)

[@donaldstone540]

justin frehs just because he was an admiral doesn't mean he knew his ships. I knew many high ranking officers in the navy that couldn't tell a perry class ffg from a birdshit covered garbage scow. Most were aviators. Just not their forte.

[@patrickmccrann991]

justin frehs actually he was not an admiral. He retired as a Commander with an Intelligence specialty and served most of his career in the Reserves. He was not a line officer.

[@codyking4848]

It is not. Ballard would immediately know what the Battle E and the H are.

[@KB4QAA]

JF: Dr. Ballard is a retired Navy Reserve Commander. Not an Admiral.

[@thegrandman2535]

That is Ballard

[@theilluminatist4131]

OS2 - I served with John P. and the commissioning crew of "Proud Pete" from Feb 1978 to July 1981 (missed my plank by 6 mos.). We were haze grey and always underway in those early years...after all we were the DESRON 10's Battle "E" Sprucan for 2-3 years running....2 Persian Gulf cruises in 21/2 years. 4 times crossing the Atlantic, 4 times through straits of Girbralter, 4 times crossing the med, 4 times through the Suez Canal, 4 times through the Red Sea and 4 times into/out of the Straits of Hormuz! The Iranian P3-C over flew us dipping his wings - in Straits of Hormuz Jan 20th, 1981 in a gesture of respect the last day of the 444 day Iran Hostage crisis. The Proud Pete and her crews were always the "Tip of The Spear". It was an HONOR to have served aboard her and I concur with John...Proud Pete deserved a better fate than serving as an artificial reef in the Gulf....but such is the fate of a USN Tin Can! Cherish the memories shipmates! And a shout out thanks to Dr. Bob Ballard and his Team who videoed Proud Pete and gave us one last glimpse of her!

[@omarshabazz9753]

YEA WE WHERE !!!

[@hoodcat1982]

My first ship, 2001-2002... We stripped it down and decomm'd it man I had soooooooooo much fun with the crew all the way until our last underway

[@shkwave99]

Seems to me like a de-com job could be some of the most fun in the Navy!

[@Evapors]

92-95 crew. fired 13 tomahawk missles. #salute

[@dom20202]

Onboard the Peterson (a Spruance-class destroyer) for 3 1/2 years 1979-1983. She was an awesome ship, especially in the straits. Don't like seeing it at the bottom of the sea.

[@LarrysNetTube]

OMG I remember that never ending straits cruise in what, 80/81 ? About the only land we saw was Bahrain and that was just to get gas.

[@airsoftbond]

My dad was on this ship in the 1990's, thank you for posting

[@elderkev]

This brings sadness to my eyes! I was there for Pre-commissioning 1976 through 1979. Plank owner and Proud Pete crewmember for life!

[@omarshabazz9753]

A.K. HUNTER PEACE & MANY BLESSINGS BROTHER FROM YOUR OLD CREW BROTHER.

[@buick1955]

Thank you to all who served on the USS PETERSON .

[@djbulldog75]

OS3 served on board the Proud Pete from 94-97. Miss the ol' girl.

[@stevenfrost6441]

Whats Up Buddy, this is that crazy guitar player you jammed with in the ships band!

[@lokisbuddy5165]

To all who served on the Peterson: Thank You for Your Service!

[@carpathiavh99]

I served on one of the Peterson's sister ships, USS Paul F. Foster DD-964 (1998-2003). In fact, the Foster is the only Spruance class destroyer still afloat, being used as a defensive systems testbed. It's borderline depressing to see the Peterson in this state. Everyone I have talked with that served on a Spruance class almost always has great memories of the ship, and speaks fondly of them. In my opinion, Sprucans were excellent ships that were retired before their time and replaced by an inferior class.

[@navyman4]

ACICO then Boatswain Officer aboard PETE - 1999 - 2001 Callsign: N-G-H-Y

[@mikedd969]

Sad to see my former home on the bottom of the sea. Better than than the scrapyard I suppose. I was aboard form '90 to '92. Great ship, great crew, great memories. ET1 Kane

[@medmond6]

Both my ships went for razor blades. This is better.

[@redhottuna]

What you are calling a phone number is actually a tack number used to navigate and know your location on the ship.

[@LarrysNetTube]

Oh I think he knew that :-)

[@richardritzler1395]

Hard to see served on board 89 to 91 was there for mamba station west Africa

[@ralphsmith7008]

Served time on her from Oct 82 - Oct 85. It does feel strange to see her on the bottom.

[@dwightclark5527]

Wow! RM3 Clark served onboard 1993-1995!

[@Evapors]

92-95 crew!!!!

[@stevenfrost6441]

Whats Up Clark. This is your RM shipmate from TX who let you borrow that Nissan truck that you took to SC without my permission...remember me?

[@iceman760]

Signalman Jan 2001 - Sep 2002 St. Croix Puerto Rico Mayport, Fl Med-Cruise Sep'01 - Mar'02 (Crete Greece, Bahrain, Seychelles, Rota Spain) Fleet Week New York 2002 Newport RI DECOM Sep 2002 Not bad for my first ship.

[@areuwaitin4me]

I was the last ITC to serve on board and it was my last duty station. Painful to watch but so was her last tour at sea. August 2000-October 2002

[@clifftrimble2616]

The Commentators on the video doing the talking should just shut up...

[@mtrice5934]

i worked on this destroyer during an overhaul in 1992 i think..........sad to see it sitting on bottom

[@Tom8201]

Is that Robert Ballard I'm hearing?

[@Aerospaceman]

I served on two Spruance Class Destroyers, both of which are in 12,000 feet of water off the east coast.

[@ryeistoasted8577]

William Gallant which ones did you serve o n if you dont mind me asking

[@stephenhoward6829]

Respects to those who were on the Pete, and any other "Spru-can", it was always nice to know there was one around. Served on unrep ships, (AOR-1 & AE-35) my first 2 commands, they're both gone too.

[@nytewrtr]

I was on AFS-2 loved seeing all the Spru- class destroyers made me feel safe while deployed knowing they were just over the horizon. Thanks to all who served, sad to see them go.

[@dwightclark5527]

I was onboard in 1993! We visited Hirghada Egypt 7 times!

[@Shellback96]

I had gotten so sick of visiting that place I skipped the last two stops and stayed aboard the boat.

[@Vahan210]

Dame that's my 1st ship I served on.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

Vahan Muradkhanyan Damn, not Dame. A Dame is a woman.

[@evantgm1055]

MY GRANDPA served on the peterson as a firefighter

[@edwardpate6128]

Every sailor a firefighter. No such specialized job on board ship.

[@Oldrbutnowisr]

I know that voice talking - - that sounds like Bob Ballard from The Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole

[@davidweakland1374]

My home away from home 1987-1989. :(

[@GuentherVanRaven]

I served on the Bismarck.

[@catburglar5764]

Strange to see her like this. Gsm2, main1 supervisor '84-86.

[@davidgray8191]

tHIS IS A SPRUENCE CLASS TIN CAN?

[@stephenyoung2742]

We had a guy transfer from the Roosevelt after they made her into razorblades that was his first ship now when I shave I think about that at times!

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

I hear Robert Ballard talking, anything with him in it is great.

[@stefano6159]

Stunning views, but awful sound.

[@joepdarrow]

USS Peterson is not now and never has been a wreck. I and many other Proud Pete shipmates are offended by the term. I understand it was not your I intention to offend so I will simply ask you to discribe her and other USS and USNS ships in a more respecful way now and in the future. When you see USS and USNS your looking at something that was home to men who lived, served and in some cases died for their country.Your discription brought tears to my eyes.Thank youFCC Joe DarrowUSN Retired

[@flatoutflatline1565]

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, which are found either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be deliberate or accidental. If my eyes are in fact correct that *SHIP* is at the bottom of a body of water deliberately thus making it a shipwreck.

[@tedgamma8650]

I agree it's truly a waste

[@Fadamor]

The green "H" painted on the bridge wing indicates that the Peterson had been awarded the "Force Health and Wellness Unit" Command Excellence Award in the year prior to decommissioning. The red "E" denotes a "Engineering/Survivability" Command Excellence Award in the year prior to decommissioning. If they get the same award in subsequent years, hashmarks are painted below the respective letter. If the command fails to win the award in the following year, the letter designator is painted over.

[@michaelgrey7854]

Why do they sound like they are incompetent? Man do your research first!

[@RailPreserver2K]

If anyone from this channel is reading the comments please tell Dr Robert Ballard that I said hello

[@prdneri]

What was that on 0:41 O_O That orange blackish glowing thing...

[@redhottuna]

Those ships had a lot more life in them. They would have lasted a lot longer if they where taken care of better by big navy. I served on DD965 and DD992.

[@ELCADAROSA]

Lezley Lace Stanek, agreed. Better than their replacements in many respects. For what its worth, the four KIDD-class (DDG-993 thru -996) are still in service, though with the Taiwan navy since 2003 or so.

[@corkcamden9878]

I was a MM aboard DEG-3- USS Schofield. She was mostly aluminum and a bear to maintain. The old tin cans were made of steel and had a much longer service life. We got as much life as we could out of them. PMS schedules made sure of that. They could not have been maintained any better by anyone anywhere. She had two 1200psi Babcock-Wilcox pressure fired boilers and the steam plant required a ton of maintenance. By the way, DEG-3 was a Brooke class boat.

[@DE1049]

@@corkcamden9878 Schofield was on a Garcia class hull with an aluminum superstructure on a steel hull from main deck down. I served 42 months on USS Koelsch DE-1049. Those P-fired boilers were the bane of the BT's but I remember one time when the BTC came into the CPO mess and bragged that "we are on fully auto." They had a pneumatically operated auto combustion control system that seldom worked right. I later put USS David R. Ray DD971 in commission and even attended the decomm ceremony. Several of us toured the ship and we agreed it was in as good condition as when we commissioned her. Politics created the project of eliminating as many ships as possible, started in 1973 with the BRAC program. Including the entire nuclear powered cruiser force, some less than 15 years old. If they were sunk they could NOT be recommissioned. Sprucans would have made a great reserve fleet.

[@merlemorrison482]

@@DE1049 sadly, their combat suites would not hold up in today's threat environment.....

[@DE1049]

@@merlemorrison482 Sorry for long delay. When I went to the DD971 decomm I noticed that they were pretty current. What all those Peary and Sprucans would be good for is keeping the Navy Reservists much more current than sitting in some classroom or pub during their weekends and summer 2 weeks. Also I recently toured a Burke class DDG and was quite surprised at the equipment and systems still in use after I retired in 1985. SPA-25s, NTDS Link 11, some of the EW stuff and much more than I can remember. In a different department, the engineering plant in all the new DDGs are essentially identical to the LM2500 systems as on the Sprucans. My experience in the training and education fields hands on experience beats books and PC screens 40 ways from Sunday. In the late 60s there were many Fletchers being used quite successfully in the Naval Reserve. Today we have absolutely NO such reservist training available.

[@stephenyoung2742]

I was in transit on the Detroit when we went into gulf to refuel ships there! Eventually my ship will end up a reef, target or recycled! Too expensive to make memorials out of most of them! I prefer a reef!

[@stephenyoung2742]

I saw where Pete was in the persian gulf during my service!

[@TheCarrotMaster]

My right ear loves this.

[@slender_0434]

when that submechanophobia hits...

[@ambroseramirez6415]

I never saw this my old ship and home , 83-86 . Speedy Proud Pete Member !!

[@thomassteenburg7220]

served on USS FORREST SHERMAN DD931 1970-1974--I hate to see our ships INTENTIONALLY sunk-to me it is disrespectful..rather see them scrapped and steel reused

[@erikschiller7210]

The entire comments seem to be her former crew.

[@RW4X4X3006]

It's their ship and home.

[@ListerDavid]

I got to walk the deck of USS Peterson when she docked at Tilbury here in the UK in the mid to late 90s. Was just looking at the photos today.

[@My_Druid_journey.]

So sad to see Her like this. Was my home from '90-'93. Red Sea, Hurghada,Cyprus,Rota,Lima. All good times. Farewell "Proud Pete" and Thank You.

[@TheOgtdog]

DC3 94-96 on the DD-969.RIP

[@Cici_Silo]

I was a "Plank Owner" of the Peterson (Proud Pete we called her.) That means I was a member of her first crew. I helped with her final construction before launching her. Her commissioning was a moving moment for the crew as we stood in our dress whites as the Navy band played "Anchors Away". I was not the only crewman who shed a proud tear. We were told the Peterson was designed to last for 40 years or more which was much longer than the life of naval vessels before her. That is why I was saddened when she was sunk after only 27 years. What a waste! She still had many years left in her. R.I.P. Proud Pete you are missed.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Nov. 6, 2019---For those interested, wiki article on this ship: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peterson_(DD-969)

[@georgebutterfield9673]

For a group of “scientists “ the commentary was slightly above high school level. Didn’t they take a look at a chart prior to putting a ROV in the water? As this wreck dates from 2004 it would have been noted .

[@jerrymccrae7202]

They wernt WASTED. They were expended testing new and better weapons delivery swstems and how Navy ships react to them. This aids in the design of the next vessels. Also the Spraunce class ships were a stopgap design until the Burke class multimission ships too over.the Spraunce class wasnt that great from the start. Many Navy ships are scrapped to return their cost to taxpayers. Only several are tested and sunk.

[@craftpaint1644]

When my first submarine decommissioned, I walked around the spaces I used to keep clean just imagining how fun it would be to piss all over it as a final goodbye. But others still had to come and go so I spared them the stink 😐

[@jasonminton4511]

I served aboard the Proud Pete from 99 to decom. Oddly enough, it was my job to prevent her from sinking.

[@mattskustomkreations]

Give a like if you thought the thumbnail was of the Death Star at first glance.

[@ajsettlemyer3105]

This video kind of pissed me off because they knew nothing about what they were looking at and what they were saying about it. Let her rest in peace with the rest of her class. 😮

[@bobkohl6779]

Why don't you have some knowledgeable Navy people aboard? This was a Destroyer

[@ArantiusVulpes]

that is a sprucan

[@garrywagner7717]

Those were fine ships what a waste of tax payer dollars. From the crew of USS DAVID R RAY DD971 IF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC KNEW HOW WASTEFUL THIS WAS THERE WOULD BE HANGINGS.sailed with her during the hostage crisis

[@hevendor958]

they weren't wasteful but not even waste if tax payer dollars these ships where used for target practice

[@KB4QAA]

GW; Nothing wasted. The Navy often has to pay scrapper to break up the ships. The dollar value of the steel barely offsets the cost of hazardous waste cleanup and manpower to cut them up. They served a valuable final act as targets teaching sailors to operated weapons systems. (USNR-ret).

[@davehood784]

It's too bad that the people narrating this video don't have a clue as to what it is that they are viewing.

[@davidweakland1374]

Oh they did. They said at the end they had to drag it out and fill time.

[@tomace194]

How did it go down?

[@robertbatzke6982]

very poor articulation old timer shhould knoq better...

[@iowa61]

These people have no idea what they’re looking at. None. Zero.

[@RhiannonZRock]

The Green "E" is the US Navy Award for Battle Efficiency in Safety. White would be Battle Efficiency in Combat. Red would be Damage Control. Purple would be Fuels..., and so on. Dr. Rhiannon A. La Passioneria CMDR (ESWS/DCO/SCO) USN Ret.

[@charliechan226]

Its hard to see this proud vessel at the bottom of the sea. I remember fighting against this ship off of the island of Occidental Mindoro in The Philippines. Myself and a group my countrymen(Mangyan Native pirates) attacked her with coconut buko bombs before our trimaran banka boat took a torpedo and began to list 30 degrees to our starboard side. The sailors offered to rescue us but we told those f%## c$#@ to go f##% themselves then we captured some sea turtles and rode them back to Small Tabinay in time watch the sunday night chicken fights. I wanted to be the one to sink this son of a$@$%##"" ship!

[@colliecandle]

i was a 3rd class stoker on this ship when it went down. It was torpedoed just 5 miles offshore in Arizona, but legend has it, it will be salvaged and used as a floating platform for launching 'spaceX' rockets to the moon.

[@McHeisenburger]

My right ear enjoyed their voices.

[@Tomcatntbird]

I was IC3 Parker and served on her from May 11th 2001 to the decom. I maintained the WSN 5 gyro, SGSI, all the indicators on the bridge associated with my gyro. Also the dead reconing navigation equipment in combat. I was also on the post 9/11 cruise.

[@railenthusiast4830]

Had a friend from VLS school in 1991 that went to the Peterson after we finished C school, then later on I remember tying up in Norfolk near the Peterson sometimes. I was on the USS Hayler.

[@Aerospaceman]

A sister ship of the Spruance Class Destroyers, I served on the Comte De Grasse and the Oldendorf. You need to be better prepared! We sailors who were lucky enough to sail on these ships knew every nook and cranny, every detail. Some of the ships became full fledged test platforms testing new technologies. We were the history makers.

[@elderkev]

1975-1979 Plank owner, Legal Yeoman and Data Bank Clerk! I was with her also at decommissioning and I feel that a part of myself is on the bottom of the ocean with her.

[@kristoferpearson1537]

E for engineering. I personally helped earn that red E.

[@bedbuster]

I was a commissioning crew member from 1976 to 1980 she was a awesome ship in her time. I stood on bridge wings next to Captain as his pvt phone talker. So sad to see her like this, Commander Chadwick was so mad at me when I bought a oil painting of her like this when we were in Naples Italy. Great memories thank you for posting.